Recognised as Colour

#866E9C

#866E9C
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Slate grey

#866E9C is a violet with RGB values 134, 110, 156 and HSL 271°, 19%, 52%. It is a dark colour, so black text on it reaches 4.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Slate grey.

Colour values

#866E9C#866E9C

HEX#866E9C

RGBrgb(134, 110, 156)

RGB (0–1)0.5255, 0.4314, 0.6118

RGB percentages52.5%, 43.1%, 61.2%

HSLhsl(271.3, 18.9%, 52.2%)

HSV / HSBhsv(271.3, 29.5%, 61.2%)

CMYK14.1%, 29.5%, 0%, 38.8%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer8,810,140

CSS custom property--colour: #866E9C;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.1862WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness123.5 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 4.72:1

Contrast with white4.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Contrast with black4.72:1WCAG normal text: AA

Greyscale equivalent#767676

Inverted#799163

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#66779Eno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 15.2 from the original

Deuteranopia#6B789Bno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15 from the original

Tritanopia#83747Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 21.1 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text4.45:1WCAG large text: AA

Contrast with black, large text4.72:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Slate grey · ΔE 23.6 Light slate grey · ΔE 24 Steel blue · ΔE 25.3 Plum · ΔE 27 Gray · ΔE 28.6 Dim grey · ΔE 29

Nearest named CSS colourSlate grey (#708090)ΔE 23.61, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#849C6E

Analogous#6F6E9C, #9C6E9B

Triadic#9C866E, #6E9C86

Split complementary#9B9C6E, #6E9C6F

Tetradic#9C6F6E, #849C6E, #6E9B9C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#EBE7EF

Lighter +30%#D2C9DA

Lighter +20%#B9ABC5

Lighter +10%#9F8CB1

Darker −10%#6C5780

Darker −20%#534361

Darker −30%#392E43

Darker −40%#1F1925

More saturated +25%#8750BB

Less saturated −25%#858585

Channel breakdown

R134

G110

B156

Red134 (52.5%)

Green110 (43.1%)

Blue156 (61.2%)

Hue271.3°

Saturation (HSL)18.85%

Lightness52.16%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 86 · G 6E · B 9C

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